North Korea’s human rights abuses won’t be raised at Singapore summit
The No. 1 topic at Tuesday’s summit between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will undoubtedly be the reclusive regime’s nuclear weapons, the Los Angeles Times reports: That’s... Read more...
View ArticleWhy North Korea is wary of China’s ‘Market Leninist’ model
In Kim Jong-Un’s attempt to unleash the economy and hold on to his dictatorship, he seems to be taking a lesson from China’s Communist Party: change, or die, the New... Read more » The post Why North...
View Article‘McDonald’s theory’ for North Korea can’t work without human rights
A plan to transform North Korea into a modern economy — which one might call the “McDonald’s theory” — has a huge hole in it: It can happen only if... Read more » The post ‘McDonald’s theory’ for North...
View ArticleNavigating North Korea’s power structure
In North Korea, all authority flows from Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. He has reinstated the party as the central hub to consolidate his power and bring elites to heel, analyst... Read more » The post...
View ArticleNorth Korean defector has crucial information on how regime operates
A North Korean diplomat in Rome has gone into hiding along with his wife, South Korean lawmakers said, citing Seoul’s intelligence agency, a development that presents embarrassment for Pyongyang......
View ArticleNorth Korea slams UN rapporteur over human rights
The U.S. Congress is allocating funds for the advancement of human rights in North Korea. The regime’s party organ Rodong Sinmun on Monday criticized the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur of human rights...
View ArticleHuman rights are key to a North Korea deal
Five years ago this month, the UN Human Rights Council published the Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This report and the... Read more »...
View ArticleMapping the Fate of the Dead: rights group identifies North Korean execution...
A human rights group said Tuesday it has identified hundreds of spots where witnesses claim North Korea carried out public executions and extrajudicial state killings as part of an arbitrary... Read...
View ArticleNorth Korea dictator Kim Jong-un in ‘grave danger’?
Washington is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health is in danger after a surgery, according to a CNN report (HT:CFR). What If Kim Jong Un Dies? Doug... Read...
View ArticleOh leader, where art thou? North Korea’s disappearing dictator
South Korea is downplaying the disappearance of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.* The minister in charge of relations with the North says Mr Kim is in all likelihood taking... Read more » The post Oh...
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